Thinking On Paper: The Impact Of Technology On Business And Culture

Technology already touches every aspect of our lives, but are we using it to tackle our biggest challenges? And when millions of people have boring, repetitive jobs (that puts food on the family table), what's the collateral damage of AI and automation?

On Victory in Europe Day, veteran technologist Khang Nguyen-Trieu (25 years building and advising large-scale systems across Europe, Asia, and the U.S.) shares down-to-earth example...

On this special episode of Thinking On Paper, Kevin Kelly reveals how AI mirrors the architecture of life. From mycelium’s hidden networks to self-organizing algorithms and why these living technologies are remapping culture, work, and society.

In this teaser, Wired’s co-founder shows you how decentralized AI systems outmaneuver rigid hierarchies, how a single algorithmic nudge can trigger collective creativity, and what this m...

Shopify, Duolingo, Box, Hubspot, Fiverr, Meta, Google...Leading technology companies have issued formal AI-first mandates. Before the give a task or job to a human, they now ask: can AI do this. It's scary if you're on the wrong end, and signals a fundamental shift in corporate strategy and workplace expectations. So what can your business do today to not get left behind? In this episode we speak with Ajay Malik - founder a...

AI, consciousness and the clash between living matter and synthetic code power Irreducible Chapter 6.

You’ll grasp why “live information” layers matter, energy and data into self-sustaining organisms while rigid circuitry stays trapped in digital bits.

The Thinking on Paper book club arms you with a clear framework to judge every claim about machine awareness and life’s essential spark—challenging you: is AI conscious, can m...

Kevin Kelly, tech optimist, founder of Wired magazine and author of "What Technology Wants," sees technology as a vibrant "seventh kingdom" intertwined with nature. He says Aliens are already among us and AI is creative.

In this very special Thinking on Paper episode, Kevin Kelly joins Mark and Jeremy to unpack the links between technology and nature, tackle the paradox of decentralized systems, and confront the real-world challeng...

The singularity hype is deafening. Sentient AI is always 'just around the corner'. But what separates genuine consciousness from sophisticated mimicry? And how can you gain intellectual control in a world drowning in computational noise?  

Federico Faggin, inventor of the microprocessor, draws a hard line in his book "Irreducible." In this Thinking On Paper Book Club session, Mark and Jeremy dissect Chapters 4 ...

Could placing massive solar farms in orbit solve Earth's energy crisis and combat climate change? In this episode of Thinking On Paper, hosts Mark Fielding and Jeremy Gilbertson speak with Sanjay Vijendran, Director of Space Energy Insights and former lead at the European Space Agency (ESA) for SBSP initiatives.

Sanjay breaks down the reality behind Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP): harvesting intense, 24/7 sunlight above the clouds a...

OpenAI & Google just upgraded their arsenals, feasting on public data. Feeling powerless? You should. Your digital life fuels their dominance, and privacy feels like a forgotten joke. But what if the model was flipped?

Enter Flock.io. Co-founder Jihao Sun sits down with Thinking on Paper to reveal a different path: Decentralized AI. This isn't theory; it's a potential blueprint for training powerful AI without surren...

Is that random thought flashing through your mind the quantum wave function collapsing? It's a wild idea, but it gets to the heart of Federico Faggin's challenge in "Irreducible": If consciousness is fundamentally quantum, can machines built on classical logic ever truly possess it?  

The Machine vs. Life DivideComputers process symbols using deterministic rules, even with trillions of transistors. Humans? We oper...

They told him no. Hollywood's gates were closed. So David Bianchi – veteran actor and filmmaker – turned to the bleeding edge: Blockchain, NFTs, and AI. The result? RZR, a sci-fi series funded and distributed entirely outside the studio system, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination and proving a new path is possible.

Tired of studios owning your IP like Miramax owned Pulp Fiction? Frustrated by endless approvals killing your visio...

Federico Faggin invented the world's first microprocessor – the engine AI runs on. So why does he now question if machines can ever be truly conscious? His book "Irreducible" throws down a fundamental challenge, rooted in the quantum nature of reality.

Is consciousness just complex computation? Or is our "classical" understanding of physics, the one that declared itself "complete" just before being ...

Sick of squinting at fuzzy CAPTCHAs? Annoyed when websites demand your passport just to verify your age? This friction isn't random – it's a symptom of a broken system: the internet increasingly can't tell if you're human or a sophisticated AI.

Deepfakes, automated bots, and AI-generated content are flooding the digital world, making online trust a scarce commodity. Good users pay the price with constant verification...

"Whatever this book has taught us, there's a pre-AI world and a post-AI world. However it plays out, nothing will ever be the same."

The future isn't unified. AI is splitting the world into competing digital empires. In the final chapter of Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari explores how nations are building separate AI ecosystems, using different hardware, software, and data to shape their own technological realities. 

The Silicon Curtain is ...

AI doesn’t just automate oppression—it might also destabilize the very regimes that rely on it.

In this episode of Thinking on Paper Book Club, we break down Chapter 10 of Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari and explore the uneasy relationship between artificial intelligence and authoritarianism.

Will AI give dictators absolute control, or will it expose the cracks in their systems?

AI changes the game. Unlike humans, algorithms do...

Let's be honest: most Web3 marketing has been a dumpster fire. Hype cycles over strategy, confusing tech jargon over clear value, and NFT cash grabs instead of real community building. Diego Borgo, who shaped Web3 strategies for giants like Adidas, Porsche, and Mastercard, is here to explain why it failed and how brands can actually succeed.

Are you tired of seeing brands treat NFTs as just another product to shill? Frustrated b...

The race for quantum supremacy is heating up. IBM, Microsoft, Google, D-Wave, and IonQ are betting billions on different paths – superconducting, annealing, topological, trapped ions. Who holds the real advantage beyond the marketing hype, and what approach will unlock quantum's true potential first?

Hype, Complexity & Competing Claims: Forget simplistic qubit counts. The path to useful quantum computing is fraught with chal...

Elon Musk warns of an imminent electricity shortage driven by AI. Others predict AI compute could consume Earth's entire current power output by 2045. As AI's energy appetite explodes, are data centers in space the only viable path forward?

Building AI infrastructure terrestrially is hitting fundamental walls. We're running out of power, land for massive facilities, and sustainable ways to cool heat-belching servers. Con...

Will AI take over intellectual jobs? Will it take your job? Can democracy survive in a world controlled by data? So many questions, so little time. Chapter 9 of Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari raises some pretty scary questions about the future of automation, governance, and human agency.

You listen to Thinking on Paper because you're not afraid to face the difficult questions about the nefarious side of AI. And Nexus might just be the ...

Disruptors & Curious Minds. In this episode of Thinking on Paper, we talk with Fintan Buckley, CEO of Ubotica, about how AI-powered satellites could transform disaster response, national security, and environmental monitoring. Could AI have stopped the LA wildfires?

AI in space has the potential to cut disaster response times from days to minutes. It could improve wildfire prediction, maritime security, and urban planning. But ...